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Hypodermic needle. A hypodermic needle (from Greek ὑπο- (hypo- = under), and δέρμα (derma = skin)) is a very thin, hollow tube with one sharp tip. It is one of a category of medical tools which enter the skin, called sharps. [1] It is commonly used with a syringe, a hand-operated device with a plunger, to inject substances into the ...
Illustration of Rynd's hypodermic needle shown at F of Fig. 1. In a 12 March 1845 article in the Dublin Medical Press, Rynd outlined how he had injected painkillers into a patient with a hypodermic syringe in on 3 June 1844: [6] [7]
Charles Pravaz. Pravaz, c. 1852. Charles Gabriel Pravaz (24 March 1791 – 24 June 1853) a French orthopedic surgeon, pioneered the hypodermic syringe. While the concept dated to Galen, [1] the modern syringe is thought [by whom?] to have originated in 15th-century Italy, although it took several centuries for the device to develop.
Pre-Columbian Native Americans created early hypodermic needles and syringes using "hollow bird bones and small animal bladders". [34] [35] 1650: Blaise Pascal invented a syringe (not necessarily hypodermic) as an application of what is now called Pascal's law.
Alexander Wood's grave, Dean Cemetery. Alexander Wood FRSE PRCPE (10 December 1817 – 26 February 1884) was a Scottish physician. He invented the first true hypodermic syringe. [1] He served as President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1858 to 1861.
In 1853 Alexander Wood was the first physician that used hypodermic needle to dispense drugs via Injections. In 1858 Dr. M. Sales Giron invented ... were continued by ...
Mary Kathleen. Frank William James. Colin Albert Murdoch ONZM (6 February 1929 – 4 May 2008) was a New Zealand pharmacist and veterinarian who made a number of significant inventions, in particular the tranquilliser gun, the disposable hypodermic syringe and the child-proof medicine container. He had a total of 46 patents registered in his name.
The first hypodermic needle was first used by Dr. Alexander Wood and immediately efforts were made to improve the design. It was not until 1954, with the need for massive syringe distribution of Dr. Salk's polio vaccine, that the first disposable syringes were created. Initially, they were made of glass.